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heffel f ine Art Auction Auction ine Art h ouse post-war & contemporary art contemporary & post-war post-wAr & contemporAry Art Sale Thursday, november 26, 2015 · 4 Pm · ToronTo Post-wAr & contemPorAry Art Auction Thursday, November 26, 2015 4 PM Post-War & Contemporary Art 7 PM Fine Canadian Art Park Hyatt Hotel, Queen’s Park Ballroom 4 Avenue Road, Toronto Previews Heffel Gallery, Vancouver 2247 Granville Street Saturday, October 31 through Tuesday, November 3, 11 am to 6 pm Galerie Heffel, Montreal 1840 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14, 11 am to 6 pm University of Toronto Art Centre 15 King’s College Circle Entrance off Hart House Circle Saturday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 25, 10 am to 6 pm Thursday, November 26, 10 am to noon Heffel GAllery, toronto 13 & 15 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5R 2E1 Telephone 416-961-6505 Fax 416-961-4245 Toll Free 1-800-528-9608 www.heffel.com Heffel Fine Art Auction House Heffel.com Departments A Division of Heffel Gallery Inc. consiGnments toronto [email protected] 13 & 15 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2E1 APPrAisAls Telephone 416-961-6505, Fax 416-961-4245 [email protected] E–mail: [email protected], Internet: www.heffel.com Absentee And telePHone biddinG montreAl [email protected] 1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1E4 Telephone 514-939-6505, Fax 514-939-1100 sHiPPinG [email protected] Vancouver 2247 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3G1 subscriPtions Telephone 604-732-6505, Fax 604-732-4245 [email protected] ottAwA 451 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6H6 Cao tAl Gue subscriPtions Telephone 613-230-6505, Fax 613-230-8884 Heffel Fine Art Auction House and Heffel Gallery Inc. regularly Cay lgar publish a variety of materials beneficial to the art collector. 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ISBN: 978-1-927031-19-3 Follow us @HeffelAuction: LXI contents 4 Preview and Auction Locations 5 Selling at Auction 5 Buying at Auction 5 General Bidding Increments 5 Framing, Conservation and Shipping 5 Written Valuations and Appraisals 7 Post-War & Contemporary Art Catalogue 107 Notices for Collectors 108 Heffel Specialists 112 Terms and Conditions of Business 118 Catalogue Abbreviations and Symbols 119 Catalogue Terms 119 Heffel’s Code of Business Conduct, Ethics and Practices 120 Annual Subscription Form 120 Collector Profile Form 121 Shipping Form for Purchases 122 Absentee Bid Form 124 Index of Artists by Lot Preview And Auction locAtions Auction Notice The Buyer and the Consignor are hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, which set out and establish the rights and obligations of the Auction House, the Buyer and the Consignor, and the terms by which the Auction House shall conduct the sale and handle other related ★ matters. This information appears on pages 112 through 122 of this publication. All Lots can be viewed on our website at: www.heffel.com Please consult our online catalogue for information specifying ✦ which works will be present in each of our preview locations at: www.heffel.com/auction If you are unable to attend our auction, we produce a live webcast of our sale commencing at 3:50 PM EST. We do not offer real–time Internet bidding for our live auctions, but we do accept absentee and prearranged telephone bids. Information on absentee and telephone bidding appears on pages 5 and 122 of this publication. Auction ★ We recommend that you test your streaming video setup prior to our sale at: PArk HyAtt Hotel Queen’s Park Ballroom www.heffel.tv 4 Avenue Road, Toronto Our Estimates are in Canadian funds. Exchange values are Hotel Telephone 416-925-1234 subject to change and are provided for guidance only. Buying Saleroom Cell 1-888-418-6505 1.00 Canadian dollar will cost approximately 0.79 US dollar, 0.69 Euro, 0.50 British pound, 95 Japanese yen or 6.32 Hong Preview Location ✦ Kong dollars as of our publication date. university of toronto Art centre 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto Entrance off Hart House Circle Telephone 416-961-6505 Fax 416-961-4245 Toll Free 1-800-528-9608 4 Auction detAils Selling at Auction Payment must be made by: a) Bank Wire direct to the Auction Heffel Fine Art Auction House is a division of Heffel Gallery Inc. House’s account, b) Certified Cheque or Bank Draft or c) a Per- Together, our offices offer individuals, collectors, corporations and sonal or Corporate Cheque. All Certified Cheques, Bank Drafts public entities a full-service firm for the successful de-acquisition and Personal or Corporate Cheques must be verified and cleared of their artworks. Interested parties should contact us to arrange by the Auction House’s bank prior to all purchases being released. for a private and confidential appointment to discuss their pre- The Auction House honours payment by Debit Card and only by ferred method of disposition and to analyse preliminary auction VISA or MasterCard for purchases. Credit Card payments are sub- estimates, pre-sale reserves and consignment procedures. This ject to our acceptance and approval and to a maximum of $5,000 service is offered free of charge. if you are providing your Credit Card details by fax or to a max- If you are from out of town or are unable to visit us at our prem- imum of $25,000 if the Credit Card is presented in person with ises, we would be pleased to assess the saleability of your artworks valid identification. Such Credit Card payment limits apply to the by mail, courier or e-mail. Please provide us with photographic or value of the total purchases made by the Buyer and will not be digital reproductions of the artworks and information pertaining calculated on individual transactions for separate Lots. Bank Wire to title, artist, medium, size, date, provenance, etc. Representa- payments should be made to the Royal Bank of Canada as per the tives of our firm travel regularly to major Canadian cities to meet account transit details provided on page 2. In all circumstances, with Prospective Sellers. the Auction House prefers payment by Bank Wire transfer. It is recommended that property for inclusion in our sale arrive at Heffel Fine Art Auction House at least 90 days prior to General Bidding Increments our auction. This allows time to photograph, research, catalogue Bidding typically begins below the low estimate and and promote works and complete any required work such as generally advances in the following bid increments: re-framing, cleaning or conservation. All property is stored free $500 – 2,000 $100 increments of charge until the auction; however, insurance is the Consignor’s $2,000–5,000 $250 expense. $5,000–10,000 $500 Consignors will receive, for completion, a Consignment Agree- $10,000–20,000 $1,000 ment and Consignment Receipt, which set forth the terms and $20,000–50,000 $2,500 fees for our services. The Seller’s Commission rates charged by $50,000–100,000 $5,000 Heffel Fine Art Auction House are as follows: 10% of the suc- $100,000–300,000 $10,000 cessful Hammer Price for each Lot sold for $7,501 and over; 15% $300,000–1,000,000 $25,000 for Lots sold for $2,501 to $7,500; and 25% for Lots sold up to $1,000,000–2,000,000 $50,000 $2,500. Consignors are entitled to set a mutually agreed Reserve $2,000,000–3,000,000 $100,000 or minimum selling price on their artworks. Heffel Fine Art Auc- $3,000,000–10,000,000 $250,000 tion House charges no Seller’s penalties for artworks that do not achieve their Reserve price. Framing, Conservation and Shipping As a Consignor, it may be advantageous for you to have your Buying at Auction artwork re-framed and/or cleaned and restored to enhance All items that are offered and sold by Heffel Fine Art Auction its saleability. As a Buyer, your recently acquired artwork may House are subject to our published Terms and Conditions of demand a frame complementary to your collection.